Atal Behari Vajpayee

The Narendra Modi campaign has targeted Rajiv Gandhi as corrupt to draw away attention from PMO role in Rafale deal

In his election speech on Saturday, the prime minister had said that former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi may have been feted by his courtiers, ‘but his life ended as Bhrashtachari No. 1’.

Ram Temple, social media and shifting alliances likely to make 2019 Lok Sabha polls expensive, devoid of positive sloganeering

Unlike the previous elections which slogans like Achhe Din Aane Wale Hain and Congress Ka Hath Aam Aadmi Ke Sath, campaigning for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls anything but positive with both BJP and Congress gearing up to make the most of past lessons

Navjot Singh Sidhu says Islamabad visit was 'govt-approved', 'not political'; BJP calls Congress 'pro-Pakistan'

Clearing the air over the issue of cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu's embracing Pakistan army chief Qamar Javed Bajwa at a press conference, the Punjab minister said he went to Pakistan with government approval and said he did not go there for any political gain.

GDP growth: BJP should tone down propensity for self-congratulation, relentless running down of all else

A subcommittee of the National Statistical Commission (NSC), an autonomous body, has released a report with a dataset relating to annual gross domestic product (GDP) growth rates going back to the last years of the Narasimha Rao government.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee was 'rare' leader, sought resolution of Kashmir dispute with 'humaneness', says Mirwaiz Umar Farooq

A section of separatist leaders of Hurriyat Conference said Atal Behari Vajpayee was a "great man" and a rare leader with "humaneness" who sought a resolution of the issues related to Kashmir

Sending Indians to space isn’t a new idea, but Modi has now fast-tracked the project

For its ambitious projects, including the manned flight, ISRO badly needed moral and financial support.

Ramzan ceasefire in Kashmir may be prudent decision as govt seeks to calm seething youth, break spiral of violence

The ceasefire announced by the Centre for the month of Ramzan, which begins on Thursday, is a very prudent step. The rage that has been evident among young Kashmiris in south Kashmir is almost unbelievable and the resulting spiral of agitation and violence must be broken.

Pokhran-II after 20 years: India's nuclear deterrence has been reasonably successful in stabilising a volatile South Asia

Pokhran assumes a greater significance because it provided India with a roadmap for external security policy in a volatile environment.

Narendra Modi lays foundation stone of Navi Mumbai airport, says aviation sector set to soar in India

While laying the foundation of Navi Mumbai international airport in Mumbai on Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, "This is the first time that a greenfield project has been undertaken in the aviation sector", media reports said.

Narendra Modi must heed Nehru's words: PM must stop talking about Partition, and get on with more urgent tasks

By blaming the Congress in Parliament on Wednesday for “partitioning” India, Modi ran the risk of making a needless point, even if unwittingly, to Pakistan